Slicer



pril R5, 1941., F. B. FEDERSEN SLCER Filed April 29, 1938 INVENTOR FLE//Q/V E. REEL-255W ,ff/5 ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 15, 1941 U Nl-T El)` STATES PAT 2E N T i' i' l (l if;

azaalse suona Florian B. Pedersen, Alameda, Calif.

Application April 29, 1938, Serial No. 205,057

(o1. ca -116) 3 Claims.

My invention relates to an improved device for slicing materials, such as cheese or butter; and the broad object of the invention is to provide a simple, hand operated slicing instrument having a guide roller for controlling the thickness of slice.

'I'he invention possesses other objects and features of advantage, some of which, with the foregoing, will be set forth in the following description of my invention. It is to be understood that I do not limit myself to this disclosure of species of my invention, as I may adopt variant embodiments thereof within the scope of the claims.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a Slicer embodying the improvements of my invention; and

Figure 2 is a detail view showing `an alternate construction for holding the cutting element.

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing a modified form of slicer embodying my invention.

In terms of broad inclusion, the Slicer of my invention comprises a frame including a pair of arms having journal receiving sockets; a guide roller between the arms for engaging the surface of the material to be sliced; and journal means for the roller seated in the arm sockets. An elongated element is provided for cutting the material to be sliced, and is stretched between tions diverging from the handle to provide a pair of spreader arms 3.

A taut cutting element 4 is provided at the ends of the arms, and is preferably a metal ribbon sharpened along one or both edges for slicing the material 6, such as cheese or butter. The ribbon is connected to the arms in any suitable manner, as by providing apertures l in the ribbon for engaging notched ends of the frame. This simple arrangement rmly holds the ribbon, but

permits ready removal by pressing the arms together and slipping off the ribbon. An alternate fastening is shown in Figure 2, wherein the ends of the arms are slotted and provided with recesses 8 for receiving cross pins at the ends of the ribbon.

A guide roller 9 is positioned between the frame arms to engage the surface of the material being sliced, and is mounted on a rod or shaft l I having pointed ends seated in journal sockets l 2 provided in the frame arms intermediate the handle and cutting element. The journal means is held in the sockets by the taut cutting element 4 stretched between the ends of the arms. By this holding larrangement the construction of the device and its assembly is made very simple, since the parts are all held together by the taut cutting element.

In order to adjust the thickness of slice the roller 9 is preferably conical, and is slidably mounted on the shaft Il. One end of the shaft is spaced further from the cutting element than the other end to incline the roller axis; and this slant is such that the line of rolling contact is always parallel to the cutting element. By sliding the roller along its shaft the spacing between the roller and cutting element is varied to alter the thickness of slice. Since the line of rolling cont-act is parallel to the cutting element, there is no tendency for the roller to shift from a predetermined setting. If desired however suitable means may be provided for holding the roller in a selected position of adjustment.

As shown in Figure 1, the plane of cutting ribbon 4 is parallel to the surface of the material and to the forward path of the roller, so that the ribbon acts as a knife in slicing through the material.

Instead of the handle 2 lying in the plane of the arms, it may project forwardly as shown in Figure 3. In this case the arms 3 are bent downwardly at I3 to position the cutting element below the roller. This gure also shows an alternate form of cutting element comprising a fine wire Hl stretched taut across the ends of the frame arms. Cutting wire I4 is preferably fastened by simply placing the latter in slots IS at the ends of the frame and clamping the cut portions together.

In both of the slicing instruments the act of f grasping the handle and squeezing it does not tend to slacken the cutting element or unseat the shaft, but rather tends to further tension the element and more firmly hold the shaft.

I claim:

1. A slicer comprising a wire frame having an open loop portion providing a handle and having end portions providing arms having journal receiving sockets, each arm lying on the same side of the frame as the side of the loop from which the arm extends, a taut cutting clement connected between the arms, a guide roller between the arms and interposed between said cutting element and handle, and journal means for the roller seated in said sockets.

2. A slicer comprising a wire frame having an open loop portion providing a handle and having end portions providing arms having journal receiving sockets, each arm lying on the same side of the frame as the side of the loop from which the arm extends, said arms having portions extending transversely to the plane of the handle, a taut cutting element connected between the transversely extending portions of the arms, a guide roller between said transversely extending arm portions and interposed between said cutting element and handle, and journal means for the roller seated in said sockets.

3. A slicer comprising a wire frame having an open loop portion providing a handle and having end portions providing arms having journal receiving sockets, each arm lying on the same side of the frame as the side of the loop from which the arm extends, a taut cutting element connected between the arms, a conical guide roller between the arms and interposed between said Icutting element and handle on an axis angularly disposed to the element, and journal means for the roller seated in said sockets.

FLORIAN B. PEDERSEN. 

